... and Sierra Leone created by the slave ship revolt in 1839. The author, Iyunolu Osagie, is from Sierra Leone where the slave ship "Amistad" took slaves. She said in most of the time that she's been in Sierra Leone she has not heard of the slave ship revolt. She studies the Amistad story to show us the historic and modern significance of the slave ship revolt and ... its following trials. She also shows us how the slave ship revolt has contributed to the formation of national and cultural identity in very different ways both in Africa and the African communities in the United States. The ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate